Glulam beam and post finishing HELP!!

I am in a bind. Our contractor put Columbia vynil acrylic latex base on a glulam beam and post. It dried milky white instead of clear. He tried to sand it off then put on minwax poly crilic clear but it still looks blotchy. A painter friend advising us via phone says he thinks a tinted product could be applied to even it out. The beam is 15' up so it's not like a cabinet, still we want it to look decent. Making things worse this is part of the drywall paint process which has to get done before we can move in so we are in a camper so we don't want to drag things out. We'd like to fix it now but later would be ok. We do not want a dark finish on the wood. Is there something we can apply over thenpolycrilic or do we have to sand down to bare wood and start over. Winter is HERE in Alaska....help!!!

glulam and post repair (post #207046, reply #2 of 6)

Why dont you cut your losses and just glue some 1/4 inch plywood on the glulam, you can get it in any species. You can prefinish it before you put it up to any color or stain you wish. There are also real wood post covers that can be painted or stained available, I've seen them advertised in Fine Woodworking Magazine. You are doing so much worrying and asking for solutions and not getting anything accomplished. Cover it and finish it to your satisfaction........done.